'A refuge:' Advocate shares history behind Kuwohi, Clingmans Dome …
WEB1 day ago · This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Clingmans Dome name change proposal approved, Kuwohi …
WEB1 day ago · The EBCI Tribal Council voted unanimously on a resolution to approve its submission of the application to change the name of Clingmans Dome to “Kuwohi” during a January meeting. The proposal to change the name has been an ongoing effort by the EBCI since July 2022.
Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Eastern Band of ... - Yahoo News
WEB1 day ago · The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee...
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome …
WEB1 day ago · GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) — What has been known for years as Clingman's Dome – one of the most popular places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park – has been...
The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
WEB2 days ago · The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.
Smoky Mountains peak now called by Cherokee name 'Kuwohi'
WEB1 day ago · In 1859, geographer Arnold Guyotthe surveyed the mountain and named it Clingmans Dome after Thomas Clingman, a senator from North Carolina who would soon serve as a general in the Confederacy...
Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies
WEB3 days ago · The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted today in favor of the formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to change the name of Clingmans Dome (FID #1326387) to Kuwohi (pronounced koo-WHOA-hee).
'The trails you are walking are trails created by my people' | Kuwohi ...
WEB1 day ago · The location, previously named Clingmans Dome, was named after U.S. Senator Thomas Lanier Clingman from Asheville. He was also a general for the Confederacy who fought to preserve slavery.
Clingmans Dome renamed to its original Cherokee name, Kuwohi ...
WEB2 days ago · The mountain was named Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey that named the mountain for Thomas Lanier Clingman who was a lawyer, U.S. Representative and Senator from North Carolina, and...
Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
WEB1 day ago · Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to one of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most iconic features.
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